on the grid
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
In trouble; in strife or difficulties; at a disadvantage.
Example Sentences
- "North was on the grid! His troubles arose from doubt as to the soundness of the one spade bid by South."
- ""I never had such a damned unsettled and unsettling affair with a woman. I don't know where the hell I am between what I know you are and what you refuse to be. It's bloody, the way a woman can sustain a situation like this when she knows she's got a man on the grid. Rita, for Heaven's sake stop being a bitch.""